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(Miluno)
After.
Achernar and Liu took Xiaojie, who had suddenly grown up, back to Nabu Island Prison.
Of course, they'll just go back to pack up, and after that, they'll send her to the City School to train with the magical girls.
Ceruno and Jaeger also returned to their dorm, leaving me to go to the Materials Distribution Center alone to buy ingredients for dinner.
Okay, I'll be cooking tonight.
We can't always let Xiaoling cook for us. Although she feels indebted, she doesn't actually owe us anything. Extinction even uses her as a cover...
But what was that Future we saw before?
"Hey, when are you planning to go to the Other Side?"
The little creatures become very active when I'm alone.
But why should I go to the Other Side?
Originally, I was looking for a suitable vessel for Xiaojie and SpiCa's Witch Persona, but the coal witch named "Pawa" has already personally delivered it to my door. If there's one, there will definitely be a second, so perhaps I don't need to take the risk.
Moreover...
The defenses on "the Other Side" are being upgraded every time, and I dare not say that this Past I can walk around the base in Fomalhaut as if it were my own living room.
"But you can cause trouble! Use that Heat Haze magic battery to destroy the entire Magical Girl Soldiers production line, and it would be best to find Aldebaran's laboratory and give her a big gift~"
The little thing seemed to be giving me advice, but my gut feeling told me she didn't have any good intentions... She was urging me to go to "the Other Side" and even told me to go to Aldebaran's lab. Did she want Aldebaran to help her take over my body?
"You don't trust me at all?!"
Yes, I don't believe it.
"Ugh!! I'm angry!"
The puffed-up little thing plunged headfirst into my body, and then my left hand knocked over a vegetable basket, grabbing the vegetable leaves inside and slapping them against my face.
"Damn it!"
She can control my body now?
Is it because she absorbed more darkness that she grew larger?
"Scared now! I'm only refraining from doing anything out of respect for you! Although I have Witch Persona, I still believe we can be good friends who can coexist. I hope you won't be ungrateful!"
Is this human language?
In the end, I had to clean up the spilled basket; she just kept adding mushrooms to my food.
Back in the dorm.
The little thing is relatively quiet in front of people.
"Miluno's back! What are we having for dinner tonight?"
Xiaoling and Ceruno were sitting on the sofa watching the news, and next to the sofa lay a Doggy lying on its back, fast asleep.
"Where is Jaeger?"
"She went back to her room to write her lesson plans."
Ah, I felt a little ashamed for a moment.
After all, I've never written that thing. I'll bring it up with Principal Xiao Yi at the next faculty meeting and ask her to change my position to teaching assistant. Otherwise, I'll feel bad about it...
"A so-called leader is someone who delegates work to their subordinates and then drinks tea and reads the newspaper! If you feel ashamed, it means you haven't reached the level of a leader."
This little thing is shameless.
"If you curse again, I'll make sure you put in too much salt when you cook!"
Didn't you notice when I ate it?
"... Never mind then, just make something delicious."
With a stern face, I carried the groceries bag and headed towards the restaurant.
The public area has an open design; when I'm chopping vegetables and slicing fish at the counter, I can look up and see the news on TV.
It's about the intrusion that happened this afternoon.
Compared to the Witch Domain that appeared in Busan, people are more concerned about the existence of enemy Magical Girl Soldiers... After all, Witch Domain have appeared several times before, but Artificial Magical Girl are a first.
The mass-produced Magical Girl Soldiers look no different from ordinary magical girls, except for the small pointed horns on their foreheads.
Horns are supposed to be a characteristic of witches.
These Magical Girl Soldiers are stronger than the Monster Soldiers, and even knowing that their opponents are not human, the magical girls will still have reservations when facing them. This is an unexpected psychological warfare tactic.
The offensive from "the Other Side" has escalated.
Our magical girls have also formed three-person teams. This is a new rule that Sirius urgently formulated after returning to the Association headquarters. She requires that the magical girls who are to fight must form three-person teams, with another three magical girls forming a reserve team.
Dealing with Magical Girl Soldiers certainly doesn't require mobilizing so many people, but if we encounter a witch, relying on only three magical girls would be a stretch, so we need backup team members who can enter before the witch's barrier is fully deployed.
But dealing with the Witch Domain is our Galaxy Force's mission.
In other words, if a witch appears, Ceruno and I must also be dispatched immediately. Even if the six magical girls defeat the witch, we will still be needed to act as "air purifiers" to dispel the Witch Domain.
To be honest, this is a bit bad. The Dark Energy I absorbed will become the little thing's power, allowing her to further control my body...
"I am a good Witch Persona, and I will prove it to you!!"
Oh, then you can wash the vegetables.
"I'll watch TV for a bit, you go ahead with your work."
He's a lazybones.
No, how could someone as hardworking as me have a lazy personality?
"Hehe, hahahaha!"
Ceruno and the others switched to a comedy show, and the little one sat on the counter watching along, letting out a wild and unrestrained barbell laugh in my head.
Noticing my dissatisfaction, she even advised me:
"Smile too, don't always look so gloomy."
But it's her who's making me frown; hasn't she noticed?
"Ahem, then let's talk about something useful."
The little thing sat down on the stove with a very serious expression.
"I was thinking about this while watching the news just now. The invasion from 'the Other Side' is to spread darkness and create panic. In that case, haven't your news media become tools of the enemy? They've spread the panic from a regional area to the whole world, making everyone live with negative fear and anxiety. So every invasion, regardless of whether it wins or loses, will lead to the continued growth of darkness and make the situation develop in the direction the enemy wants."
She's right. Even in tough battles, the magical girls usually win.
At least here, with 14,000 magical girls worldwide, the Monster Soldiers, Artificial Magical Girl Soldiers, and even witches that can only invade individually each time have found it difficult to achieve any substantial results.
But the panic that spreads is very real, coupled with the occasional appearance of Special Monster directly twisted from humans. It would be a problem if the public weren't afraid.
"So you mean...?"
I asked in a low voice, "Should we keep the news about the Monster under wraps?"
"No, I think we can use the 'Witch Domain' to divide the battlefield."
The little thing proudly said, hands on its hips:
"Ceruno's magic is similar to a barrier. Given the Association's research into wormhole technology, is there a way to recreate a space similar to the Witch Domain?"
Although I hate to admit it, this might actually be a solution.
After all, in the face of an invasion from "the Other Side," this side has a time advantage, with enough time to react and make preliminary preparations...